By Jeremy Strong (author) , Ian Cunliffe (illustrator) Part of the Pirate School series
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A very funny story about the children at Pirate School. Fourth in the series within Colour Young Puffins. The children are planning to raid Patagonia Clatterbottom's food store - but grown-up pirates, the Woppagobs, are trying to steal the goodies as well.
But the children outwit them all, particularly when Ziggy brings out his bun gun - a cannon that fires sticky buns and doughnuts.
Jeremy Strong (1949-2024) was born in Eltham, South East London in November 1949. He has had a varied career path before becoming an author including jobs as a: Head Teacher, Caretaker, Strawberry Picker, Jam Doughnut Stuffer! His first published book was Smith's Tail in 1978.
Jeremy’s work is characterised by humour and direct child appeal. The books are packed with tongue in cheek gags and characters and situations that your children will love. He said of himself "My sense of humour got stuck at age ten." He has said his writing was influenced most of all by Spike Milligan, but also by falling on his head when he was three years old.
When he was about eighteen he started writing very serious stories for adults, but none of them were published. By the time he was twenty-one he was writing stories for children after realizing that he loved writing funny stories and making people laugh.
The Children's Book Award 1997 for The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog The Sheffield Children’s Book Award 1998 (Shorter Novel category) for Pirate Pandemonium The Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2000 (Shorter Novel category) for Dinosaur Pox
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A very funny story about the children at Pirate School. Fourth in the series within Colour Young Puffins.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Bun Gun and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
The Bun Gun features in the following genres: Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Funny, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations
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The Bun Gun was written by Jeremy Strong and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
The Bun Gun has 57 pages
Yes it is part of Pirate School series
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